Posted on September 23, 2016 by southernipmcenter
by Scott Stewart, University of Tennessee
The Plant Management Network has released another online presentation in their “Focus on Cotton” series. This new 10 minute video offers suggestions on the steps that growers, pesticide applicators, and beekeepers can take to reduce any negative effects of pesticide applications on honey bees and other pollinators. Click on the link below to watch this presentation narrated by Scott Stewart.
http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/edcenter/seminars/cotton/Pollinators/
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Posted on September 23, 2016 by southernipmcenter
In Southeast Farm Press
by Xavier Martini, Mathews Paret, Josh Freeman, UF/IFAS
Outbreaks of sweetpotato whiteflies have been recorded recently in the Florida Panhandle and south Georgia on tomatoes and other vegetables. This arrival of whitefly is quite unusual at this time of the year in the Florida Panhandle.
Whitefly densities usually increase in October when cotton is defoliated and soybean senesces. This early arrival of whiteflies requires attention given the recent outbreak of Q biotype whiteflies in the Florida landscape. Continue reading →
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